California Groups Papers 1
(ECP and CTSP grantees, reports, and other sites of interest for
conservation geography, mapping and GIS. Grantees are coded by
program and year of grant at the end of their name/state, i.e. e91 means
ECP grant in 1991. c=cstp, cm=ctsp-mac, cs=ctsp-software)
Scholarly papers and ESRI Conference Proceedings
(Legend: ESRI User Conference Papers list the title, then in parentheses
"paper" or "abstract" plus the year. Other web-located
papers list title, author if known, and excerpt.).
The California Biodiversity Project: Linking a GIS Model with the Planning Process
(1996 ESRI Conf. Paper, Bruce Goldstein)...The California Biodiversity
Project (CBP) is an effort to help participants in county land-use planning
understand the implications of changing land-use and development trends
on regional biological diversity....At the center of our project is a GIS-based
model, combining the results of a socioeconomic sub-model that allocates
population growth within a county (at 1-year time steps up to a forty year
duration) with another sub-model that calculates the relative value of
biodiversity on a given grid cell by combining vegetative classification,
landscape location, special status (i.e. endangered or threatened), and
the habitat requirements of a select number of representative species...
The California Biodiversity Project: Selection and Use of Biodiversity Indicators
(1996 ESRI Conf. Paper, Christopher B. Cogan)...In the search for methods
to better understand ecosystem phenomena and dynamics, several researchers
have sought to identify a series of indicators which can be used to measure
ecosystem health...This paper discusses an approach which combines several
of the above measures, and presents a model designed to predict future
biodiversity conflicts, enabling this information to become part of the
process of land planning and management. These methods are intended to
represent biodiversity at the ecoregional scale, while functionally operating
at the county level where many planning decisions take place.
Conservation and Recovery Planning in the San Joaquin Valley
(1995 Absract, Patrick A. Kelly, Nancy Norvell) ...That cooperation has
come about through the establishment of the San Joaquin Valley Endangered
Species Recovery Planning Program which is administered by California State
University, Stanislaus Foundation. This paper will present an overview of
the program and how GIS is enabling us to reach our goals.
Hydrologic and Hydrographic Database Design in
Support of Anadromous Fisheries Restoration Planning (in the Klamath
River Basin) (ESRI 96 conf Paper by Robert E. Beachler) "The purpose
of this paper is to describe existing and potential applications of GIS
in support of anadromous fisheries restoration planning. This paper discusses
the issues associated with the compilation and development of regional
watershed data sets, data availability and integration. The U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency, EPA River Reach Files, version 3 (RF3) data sets are
serving as the baseline hydrology layer and have been used to reference
past fishery restoration projects and proposed projects seeking funding.
A variety of planning areas and scales requires different levels of evaluation
for hydrologic sub-basin planning units and watershed boundary delineation.
To help prioritize fishery restoration planning efforts it is important
to assess what types of projects have been funded in the past, their locations
and to document the success or failure of these projects. Identifying
the locations of the different types of restoration projects assists decision
makers in evaluating the potential of effectiveness of future projects."
Virtual GIS and Ecosystem Assessment in the Klamath Province, California-Oregon
by Steven A. Carlson, Lawrence Fox, III, Ronald L. Garrett, 1994 GIS/LIS
Proceedings 1994 (Steven A. Carlson, Department of Natural Resources Planning
and Interpretation, Humboldt State University, Arcata, CA 95521-8299 carlsons@axe.humboldt.edu)
"The Klamath Basin Virtual GI S Data Facility ("GIS Facility")
has been established at Humboldt State University in support of the Klamath
Basin Ecosystem Restoration Office's (ERO) mission of holistic resource
management for the Klamath hydrobasin proper (FEMAT's "Klamath Province").
The ERO mission requires integrated, co-registered, and seamless GIS data layers
covering political and administrative boundaries; lithospheric, hydrographic
and atmospheric elements; plant and animal community characteristics, socioeconomic
components, and descriptive landscape statistics including temporal dimensions."
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